MRIDUL VIJAY IIM MBA

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in digital marketing and product leadership.
  • Proven track record of driving revenue growth through innovative strategies.
  • Expert in leveraging data insights for continuous product optimization.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Marketing and Product Strategy expert with a strong focus on MarTech and consulting.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product MarketingDigital StrategyDigital MarketingSeoBusiness StrategyConsultingBrand ManagementData AnalyticsMarketing ScienceClient ManagementAccount ManagementMarketing Communications

Other Skills

Digital AdvertisingCross-functional CollaborationAgile MethodologiesProduct DevelopmentRevenue GrowthPlatform OptimizationContent PartnershipsAudience EngagementBusiness ConsultingStrategic PlanningFinancial ModelingCorporate TrainingDigital AdoptionBusiness Plan DevelopmentGo-to-Market Strategy

About

Dynamic Digital Marketing & Product Leader | Growth Strategist | Data-Driven Innovator With over a decade of experience driving digital transformation, product innovation, and revenue growth, I specialize in crafting impactful strategies that blend creativity with analytics. I’ve led cross-functional teams and managed multi-crore budgets to deliver measurable business results across digital advertising, campaign planning, SEO/SEM, programmatic marketing, and product lifecycle management. My strengths include: ✔ Building scalable digital ecosystems that boost engagement and conversions ✔ Leading high-performance teams in fast-paced environments ✔ Leveraging data insights and AI-first approaches for continuous product optimization ✔ Executing integrated marketing campaigns with strong ROI focus ✔ Collaborating across UI/UX, tech, and business stakeholders to drive customer-centric innovation Certified in Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Digital Marketing from top institutions, I thrive on translating complex data into actionable growth opportunities while fostering creative storytelling and brand relevance. Let’s connect if you’re interested in cutting-edge digital strategies, AI-powered product solutions, or expanding your brand’s digital footprint.

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Bennett coleman & co. ltd. (the times of india)

Sr. Manager - Product Marketing - Digital and Special Initiatives

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • ✅ Head of Product for ads.timesofindia.com — the official ad booking platform for Times of India publications (The Times of India, Economic Times, Maharashtra Times, Nav Bharat Times, Vijay Karnataka & Ei Samay) — contributing over ₹12 Cr in annual digital classified ad revenue through platform optimization and innovation.
  • ✅ Spearheaded digital product marketing for EducationTimes.com, TimesProperty.com, and TimesAscent.com, strengthening value propositions, growing traffic, and boosting ad monetization through strategic SEO, content partnerships, and audience engagement tactics.
  • ✅ Led full-cycle product development across web and mobile platforms — including functional design, sprint planning, stakeholder alignment, and agile release management, ensuring timely delivery and business impact.
  • ✅ Translated data-driven insights from tools like Google Analytics, SEM Rush, Clevertap and internal dashboards into actionable roadmap items that directly improved conversion rates, engagement time, and user retention.
  • ✅ Launched high-ROI marketing initiatives including programmatic campaigns, paid search, display retargeting, and content-led nurturing funnels, resulting in 35% increase in CTR and reduction in customer acquisition cost (CAC).
  • ✅ Collaborated with cross-functional squads—product owners, UI/UX designers, developers, QA, and marketing—for SaaS-based development, rapid prototyping, and continuous improvement using feedback loops and usability testing.
  • ✅ Developed and prioritized product roadmaps based on a combination of business goals, market trends, competitor benchmarking, and internal stakeholder inputs.
  • ✅ Integrated MarTech & AdTech tools like Google Ads, DV360, Facebook Business Manager, and custom analytics dashboards, enabling precise targeting and performance attribution.
  • ✅ Led sprint reviews, retrospectives, and product demos to ensure alignment with OKRs, organizational priorities, and evolving user needs.
Product MarketingDigital AdvertisingSEOData AnalyticsCross-functional CollaborationAgile Methodologies+1

Stark communications

2 roles

Group Account Head / Account Director – Digital & Social Media

Promoted

Sep 2019Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Trivandrum, Kerala, India

  • ✅ Drove digital transformation and brand strategy for prestigious accounts such as Incredible India, Karnataka Tourism, Milma, Aster Medcity, Silk Air, and Kochi Metro, managing complex integrated campaigns with multi-regional outreach.
  • ✅ Led 360° campaign planning and execution across Digital, ATL, and BTL channels, including mobile app development, VR/AR activations, influencer marketing, print, and event-based activations to maximize audience engagement.
  • ✅ Served as strategic lead for new business pitches, brand storytelling architecture, and client presentations—contributing to a 75% win rate on competitive accounts and expanding agency portfolio in travel, healthcare, and public sector verticals.
  • ✅ Managed ₹15 Cr quarterly marketing budgets, delivering ₹60+ Cr in digital campaign revenue annually by optimizing media mix, performance channels, and ROI-driven content.
  • ✅ Established in-house performance teams across SEO, SEM, programmatic buying, social media management, and creative content—achieving 50% faster execution turnaround and improved campaign agility.
  • ✅ Pioneered KPI-based performance measurement frameworks, introducing real-time dashboards for tracking campaign metrics like CPA, CTR, CPM, ROAS, and brand sentiment—empowering data-driven optimization and client transparency.
  • ✅ Drove innovation in storytelling formats, including vertical video ads, regional language content, interactive microsites, and episodic digital films, increasing content reach by 3X across social platforms.
  • ✅ Secured long-term government contracts, ensuring account renewals by consistently exceeding expectations in both creativity and compliance—retaining flagship clients like Kerala Tourism and Incredible India for multiple years.
  • ✅ Forged strategic partnerships with influencers, publishers, and tech vendors (Meta, Google, ShareChat, Hotstar) to deliver scalable content ecosystems and cross-platform amplification.
Digital TransformationCampaign PlanningBrand StrategyPerformance MeasurementDigital MarketingBrand Management

Digital Account Manager

Nov 2016Aug 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

  • ✅ Spearheaded digital strategy and transformation for marquee clients such as Incredible India, Karnataka Tourism, Milma, Aster Medcity, Silk Air, and Kochi Metro, delivering large-scale, award-winning campaigns with high national and international visibility.
  • ✅ Led integrated campaign planning across Digital, ATL, and BTL channels—orchestrating mobile app launches, VR/AR-based experiential marketing, influencer partnerships, and multichannel engagement strategies.
  • ✅ Acted as the strategic lead for client pitches, brand positioning, storytelling, and communication architecture, ensuring alignment between creative ideation, business objectives, and ROI-focused execution.
  • ✅ Managed a quarterly marketing budget of ₹15 Cr and drove ₹60 Cr+ in annual digital revenue, optimizing campaign efficiency through real-time analytics, audience segmentation, and precision targeting.
  • ✅ Built and scaled digital teams from ground up, recruiting and mentoring 25+ professionals across SEO, paid media, content strategy, creative design, performance marketing, and tech development, creating a collaborative, high-performance culture.
  • ✅ Introduced campaign performance dashboards and KPI frameworks, ensuring full-funnel tracking of awareness, engagement, and conversions, leading to consistent 20–30% improvement in campaign performance.
  • ✅ Successfully led rebranding initiatives for key clients including Milma and Aster Medcity, unifying their digital assets and driving significant improvement in brand recall, user acquisition, and social sentiment.
  • ✅ Enhanced client retention and satisfaction, maintaining 100% renewal rate for key government and tourism accounts by proactively adapting strategies to evolving digital trends and platform innovations.
  • ✅ Coordinated creative development and media strategy across in-house teams and third-party vendors, ensuring timely and cost-effective project delivery with consistent brand coherence.
Digital StrategyIntegrated MarketingClient ManagementCreative DevelopmentDigital Marketing

Annalect

Manager - Marketing Science

Aug 2018Sep 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • ✅ Led a 40+ member analytics delivery team supporting media insights, audience segmentation, performance attribution, and predictive modeling for high-value UK-based clients across sectors like retail, telecom, and finance.
  • ✅ Collaborated with global partner agencies such as PHD, OMD, and MGOMD to maintain methodological consistency and data integrity across omnichannel marketing campaigns and reporting frameworks.
  • ✅ Streamlined onboarding processes for new accounts, developing plug-and-play frameworks for data visualization, campaign reporting, and behavioral insights—resulting in a 30% reduction in ramp-up time for analytics projects.
  • ✅ Built and maintained client dashboards and performance scorecards, integrating KPIs such as CTR, ROI, Cost Per Lead, CPA, and brand lift, enabling data-driven decision-making across senior client stakeholders.
  • ✅ Spearheaded automation of reporting workflows, reducing manual effort by over 40% using tools like Google Data Studio, Power BI, SQL, and Python, thereby enhancing productivity and scalability.
  • ✅ Implemented advanced marketing mix modeling (MMM) and multi-touch attribution (MTA) frameworks to decode cross-channel performance and optimize media spend in multi-million-pound campaigns.
  • ✅ Led quarterly and annual business review sessions with clients, presenting actionable insights and strategic recommendations that influenced future media planning cycles and long-term marketing strategy.
  • ✅ Championed a knowledge-sharing culture, conducting internal training sessions on data storytelling, statistical modeling, and marketing analytics best practices—elevating team capability across data teams.
  • ✅ Acted as a liaison between data science, media buying, and planning teams, ensuring insight-backed storytelling and alignment between analytical outputs and creative/media decisions.
Analytics DeliveryPerformance AttributionData VisualizationPredictive ModelingData AnalyticsMarketing Science

Mintmelon business consulting

Co-Founder

Apr 2018Aug 2024 · 6 yrs 4 mos · Trivandrum

  • ✅ Co-founded and scaled a boutique consulting firm providing strategic, marketing, and operational support to early-stage startups, MSMEs, and growing enterprises across India, US and UK.
  • ✅ Delivered 360° business consulting solutions, including business plan development, go-to-market strategy, brand positioning, and fundraising support—helping over 30+ startups secure investor interest and market validation.
  • ✅ Led financial modeling and forecasting engagements, offering customized P&L, cash flow, and break-even analyses that empowered founders with strategic decision-making tools and enhanced investor communication.
  • ✅ Designed and conducted corporate training workshops on topics such as digital transformation, marketing strategy, sales enablement, and pitch readiness, benefitting 200+ professionals and entrepreneurs.
  • ✅ Supported integrated business planning by aligning product vision, marketing strategy, and operational execution, ensuring holistic growth across multiple startup verticals including edtech, agritech, wellness, and D2C brands.
  • ✅ Enabled funding readiness by preparing investment decks, startup valuations, term sheet advisories, and pitch coaching—contributing to successful fundraises totaling over ₹10 Cr from angel networks and early-stage VCs.
  • ✅ Advised MSMEs on digital adoption, including the implementation of CRM tools, marketing automation, and e-commerce platforms, resulting in 20–40% improvement in process efficiency and market reach.
  • ✅ Facilitated strategic partnerships and B2B alliances, helping clients build collaborative ecosystems, co-branded campaigns, and channel distribution networks for faster market entry.
  • ✅ Developed brand identity systems, including naming, logo design, brand guidelines, and digital brand storytelling to establish strong foundations for early-stage businesses.
Business ConsultingStrategic PlanningFinancial ModelingCorporate TrainingDigital AdoptionBusiness Strategy+1

Crayons advertising ltd.

Account Manager

Feb 2010Nov 2016 · 6 yrs 9 mos · India

  • ✅ Major Clients Handled
  • Kerala Tourism, Air India Express, TATA Motors, BSNL, SBI, SBT, KTDC, KSITM, GKSF, KSIDC, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation.
  • ✅ Acted as a strategic liaison between clients and the agency, delivering on-time, insight-driven communication to meet branding objectives.
  • ✅ Collaborated with internal creative, strategy, and media teams to formulate 360-degree marketing campaigns addressing complex marketing challenges across public and private sectors.
  • ✅ Executed key campaigns and media planning for national-level clients including Air India, Gulf Oil, ESIC, and Gujarat Tourism for Crayons’ Mumbai & Chennai branches.
  • ✅ Orchestrated integrated marketing communication (IMC) campaigns for State Banks, aligning print, radio, and OOH assets for consistent branding.
  • ✅ Designed and deployed e-governance print campaigns for Kerala State IT Mission, promoting awareness of digital citizen services.
  • ✅ Coordinated and hosted B2B/B2C partnership meets and press events across 25 Indian cities for Kerala Tourism, boosting regional stakeholder engagement.
  • ✅ Directed creative campaigns, sponsorship management, national PR, and activation for all three seasons of the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (GKSF).
  • ✅ Developed and rolled out BTL campaigns and tactical retail promotions for TATA Motors, enhancing dealer footfall and lead conversions.
  • ✅ Spearheaded media strategy and execution across ATL, BTL, and TTL formats, ensuring full-funnel marketing effectiveness.
  • ✅ Professional Achievements
  • ✅ Secured major account wins including SBI, TATA Motors, KSITM, KSIDC, KTDC, NRHM, and SBT, significantly expanding the agency’s client portfolio.
  • ✅ Quadrupled Crayons Trivandrum branch revenue by 60%, through account growth, operational improvements, and service excellence.
  • ✅ Launched and scaled the agency’s digital arm in Trivandrum, winning four social media mandates, transitioning the agency to an integrated marketing model.
Account ManagementIntegrated Marketing CommunicationMedia StrategyMarketing Communications

Bharti airtel limited

Internship for 6 months

Jan 2009Jul 2009 · 6 mos

  • Making New Sales Schemes to ME's &
  • Detailed Project report on the Prepaid Distribution system

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2015Jan 2017

Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad

PG in Advertising and Public Relations — Advertising

Jan 2012Jan 2013

University of Kerala

Bachelor of Laws - LLB

Jun 2006Apr 2011

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